Frontier applied for the funding in August and it supplements the $2.2 billion of private capital the company spent since July 2010 to improve network infrastructure and distribute broadband access to rural areas. The funds are expected to be released by the end of this month.

“The additional funds from the CAF program allow Frontier to accelerate our already robust broadband build-out and network upgrade program for New York,” said Kevin Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Frontier’s New York operations. “We will continue to invest aggressively in rural America during 2014. Frontier seeks every opportunity to increase broadband availability in its rural, high-cost, low-density areas.”

Frontier employs 13,900 people across 27 states. In Rochester the company has approximately 1,400 employees.